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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-18
More Democratic Purity"

The District Commissioners at Wash
ington have been utilizing this Demo-
cratic reform" administration in a way
that, for brazen assurance and self-seek.
ing duplicity. is uneQusled. They are
evidently believers in genuine Jeffer>
sonisn simplicity" for they have liber+
ally supplied themselves with fast horses
costly trappings. decorated china. and
other items of personal luxury in a way
that might lead the unsophisticated to
think that they belonged to a Doodle
and shoddy sristocraey. Such is not
the case. They are genuine reformers.
They are convinced that public office is
public trust" and so long as the public
or part of it, will trust them they in
tend to see to it that they do not become
emaciated through fasting nor poor
through serving.
Owing to system of Democratic
bookkeeping that is without parallel
for its intricacies, objectionable in its
confusion, and beyond comparison for
its opportunities for theft, it Is impossi+
BILE to say exactly how much of the
funns of the district these appointees
of this Democratic reform" admins
tration have appropriated to their own
private purpose. All that can be learn
ed regarding the amount is that there is
shortage of 100000 in one branch of
the revenue. the water main tax, and no
telling how much in the others that the
accounts are so mixed as to make the
clearing up of affairs long and tedious
task; and that the Commissioners have
made the public treasury pay for their
personal comforts. and for numberless
luxuries.
That Is all that Is known, but that Is
enough. 1t reveals state of corruption
in the affairs of the district such as has
not existed for many years. This reve>
latiOn surprises no one, however. The
Commissioners who readily lent them
selves to the administration scheme of
increasing the value of Clevelsnd's farm
Red Top. and Whitney's property in she
same neighborhood by opening unneces-
sary and expensive streets, are not sup
posed to be above other mercenary con-
siderations when their own nests were
to be feathered thereby. They put mon
ey into the pockets of the President and
member of his cabinet, and now they
offer their weak excuses and untenable
defenses with an assurance that suggests
a knowledge on their part that even in
the face of the most damning proof
against them, convenient loop-hole
will be found for them, for they and the
administration belong to one and the
same Doodle gang.
The methods employed by the Com
missioners SO closely resemble those Of
some of the Chicago Democratic bood-
lers that the friends Of purity and "re
form" will no doubt rejoice at this prac-
tical exemplification of just how the
Democratic reform and purity machine
works. Meanwhile the people of the
whole country who are directly interest
ed in this matter, because one-half the
revenue of the district comes out of the
federal treasury, and therefore out of
their pockets, will wait patiently one
year longer, and then rise up in their
might and relegate the Democratic par
ty with its shams, frauds. and boodlers
to the obscurity that its incompetency
and corruption deserve
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-18
Summer Tours.

Excursion tickets to Deer Park, Oak
land, Mountain Lake Park. and all the
other famous Summer Resorts and Med
icinal Springs in Maryland. Pennsylvai
mia, the Virginias and North Carolina
are now on sale at all principal stations
along the line of the Baltimore & Ohio
R. R. These tickets are valid for return
passage until 0ctobe 31st. and are good
for stop-over privileges both going and
returning. B. & o. Ticket Agents al
minor stations will secure Excursion
Tickets for passengers desiring to take
trains at such stations, provided appli'
cation is made few days in advance.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-18
Time Table for Boiling Vegetable

Time Table for Boiling Vegetables
Good Housekeeping gives the follow
ing convenient time table and general
rule for boiling vegetables:
Potatoes, half an hour, unless small
when rather less.
Peas and asparagus, twenty to twenty.
five minutes.
Cabbage and caulAower, twenty-five
minutes to half an hour
String beans. if slit, or sliced slant.
wise and thin, twenty five minutes; if
only snapped across, forty minutes.
Green corn, twenty to twenty five
minutes.
Carrots and turnips. forty five min
utes when young, one hour in winter.
Beets, one hour in summer, one hour
and half, or even two hours, if large,
in winter.
Onions, medium size, one hour.
Rule-All vegetables to 60 into fast
boiling water to be quickly brought to
the boiling point again, not left to steep
in the hot water before boiling, which
toughens them and destroys color and
flavor.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-18
Excitement I'm Texas.

Great excitement has been caused in the
vicinity of Paris, Texas, by the remarkable
recovery of Mr. ] E Corley, who was so
helpless he could not turn in bed, or raise his
head; everybody said he was dying of con-
sumption; trial bottle of DIR Kings New
Discovery was sent him; finding relief, he
bought large bottle and box of DR. Kings
New Life Pills; by the time he had taken two
boxes of pills and two bottles of the discovery,
he was well and had gained in flesh thirty,six
pounds. Trial bottles of this Great Discovery
for consumption free at Patterson & Sons. 2
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-18
A CHARCOAL SKETCH.

! sketched my love at hreak Of day,
And watched the pink and purple play
In fieeting moods across her face,
But colors had none to trace
That wonder world, that witch's spell,
That laughing face love so well
At MONDAY, fervid, shadowless,
1sketched her in a scarlet dress
Red, passionate poppies in her hair,
Around each wrist serpent fair;
could not catch the glows that dwell
Within that face love so well
Isketched her when the day was low,
While somber clouds came trailing slow
Athwart the suns gray lumber light,
She the sole mistress of my night
Nayi Vain my pencils task to tell
How fair the faceI love so well.
George Houghton
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-18

THE breath of a chronic catarTh pa
tient is often so offensive that he cam
not 90 into society and he becomes an
object of disgust. After time ulcera-
tion sets in. the spongy bones are at
tackled and frequently destroyed. A
constant source of discomfort is the
dripping of the purulent secreGions into
the throat sometimes producing invet-
crate bronchitis, which In It's turn has
been the exciting cause of pulmonary
disease. The brilliant results which
have attended its use for years past
properly designate Ely's Cream Balm as
byfar the best and only real cure. 2t
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-18
A DANCE OF DEATH.

In Roman tomhs, where never ray
OF moonlight or the light of day
Pierces the deep gloom Of the dead,
Rare frescoes glimmer overhead
When tourist torches make them gay.
And round the marble cof1ns stray
Light, joyous shapes that mock the clay
Winged loves and gods who feast or wed
In Roman tombs
And men who take unthinking way
Through life, and never praise or pray,
Are ike the carven dancers led
Round old sarcophagi; they tread
Deaths maze to airs that phantoms play.
Charles II. Luders.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-18
BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE.

MIG. Overbsugh offers for sale DEsIR-
ABLE BUILDING LOTS on North MARI
eta street. Also. THE NEW AND MOD
ERN TwO-sToRY BRICK House low oc-
cupied by Mr.. Isaac I. Shalcross. An
acre of ground will be sold with this
house. A pleasant home, and will he
sold cheap. II 2t.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-18

All trains daily except Sunday.
Trains leave Cleveland for heeling at II 10
p m IL 10 pm, arriving at Is D N and 55 am.
E. A FORD,
Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agt, Pittsburgh Pa
JAMES MCCREA,
General Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-18
BuckIen's ArnIca saIve.

The best Salve in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, letter,
chapped hands, chilblains, corns and all skin
eruptions, and positively cures piles OF no pay
required; it is guaranteed to give perfect sat-
isfaction or money refunded; price 25c. per
box. For sale by PATTERSON & Sons, st.
Clairsville. Chic 1911
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-18

HAVE been for several years 9 sufferer
from hay fever and severe head colds, and
have tried other remedies in hope OF getting
relief, but have found none that can compare
with ELY's CREAM BALM. | would not be
without 1t for any consideration; II Is simply
wonderful in its effects upon the nasal organs.
s. A. Burtt, Wilmington, n. Q.
can chesrfuliy recommend ELY's CREAM
BALM to the suffering public for hay fever
and stoppage of the air passages. have tried
il and find it gives immediate relief. E.
Rector, 200 Rock St., Little Rock, Ark. "a 2
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-18

All trains daily except Sunday.
Pullman's Palace Buffet or Hotel Sleep
Ing Cars through without change from Steu-
Denvilie east to Philadelphia and New York;
west to Columbus, Cincinnati, Louisville, Chi%
eogo, Indianapolis and ST. Louis.
For through tickets, baggage checks, sleep
Ing car accommodations and any further ins
formation, apply to JOHN @. TOMLINSON.
Ticket Agent at Panhandle station, foot OF
Eleventh street, or q. city ticket ONCE, under
AcLure House, Wheeling.
JAMES MOCREA,
Manager, Pittsburgh.
E. A. FORD,
Genr Pas. and Tkt Ag't, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-18

The body of Waldo Sayre was found
in the Ohio river near Letart, W. Va,
bearing evidences of sandbagging and
rObbing.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-18
How He Knew.

Here is pretty good story Of boy who
made twenty-fiv cents by going to Sunday
school when away from home. 1t has a
moral also, and perhaps a warning, for SUM-
day school orators:
A gentleman, addressing Sunday school
in Newark, described family in distress, and
referred to the disposition a little girl made of
a half dollar given to her. He offered twenty
five cents to any child who could guess cor
rectly what she did with the half dollar
A boy Immediately piped up, Bought
basket with it."
"But how did you happen to guess thatr'
''Give me my quarter, please SIR"
"Yes, but first tell me how you could have
guessed that9"
''Give him a quarter, if he guessed it
right said other voices in the rear of the
room
81 was in Jersey City last Sunday, and
heard you tell the same story was the boys
quick reply, on receiving the quarter.
Dangerous Tasks That Must be Done.
In ministering to the wants of the majority
of mankind, the ministran:s are often called
upon to discharge dangerous tasks The un-
armed policeman, for example, is expected to
tackle the armed burglar, and to his credit be
it said that he usually fulfills the expectation:
the bricklayer works at a dizzy height, while
the boy and maid of all work must brace
their nerves sufficiently to be able to clean
the outside of a third or fourth story window,
whether the feat be performed by standing
on narrow sill or parapet, or sitting on the
sill with sash drawn down to the lap The
discharge of each Of these duties has ere now
proved fatal; but in defense of them this can
at least be urged-they are notrisks wantonly
run, and are encountered in the exercise of
legitimate callings. In some cases, too the
"Steeple Jack" is of use, though many of his
perilous ascents are simply sensational The
steeple chase jockey and the colt breaker
are men whom insurance Offices would proba-
bly, not insure at ordinary rates; though they,
like the people afore mentioned, risk their
necks and their lives in the prosecution of
generally accepted callings, of which the dam
ger may or may not be magnifed.-London
Field.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-18

Time table for east and west corrected to
June Il. 1887. Trains leave Panhandle sta
tton, Wheeling, foot of Eleventh street, near
public Ianding-Central Standard time
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-18
ENNSYLVANIA COMPANY,
L (oPRRATING)
Cleveland q Pittsburgh z. z
East and North to Pittsburgh and ClevelsDd.

Condemned timetable of passenger trains
corrected TO May q. 's7. Central Standard Time.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-18
CLEVELAND, LORAIN & WHEELING
~ RAILRoAD-TIMR SCHEDULE,

In effect Nov II, 'S6.-New Standard, Goth
Mcridian time, which Is % minutes slower
than Columbus time.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-18
Tne Fastest ISaiIroad Work.

Our Boston contemporaries are announcing
With large head lines that thirteen miles of
rack have been laid in eleven days on the
Massachusetts road, adding that this is "the
fastest railroad work ever done in the coun-
Ty." Our New England friends probably
never saw or heard of the track laying ex-
ploits ON a score or more of western roads,
where from two to five and even seven miles
/ day of track have been laid down. At the
present time one road in Manitoba is pushing
Is track westward at the rate of from four
% five miles day, having last week put
lown twenty-five miles in five and half
lays. The Massachusetts performance Of
thirteen miles of track in eleven days would
iot he considered worth records; out in the
Wild and untamed west-Railway Age.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-18

Christian Baum attempted to rescue
son from an approaching train at New
Philadelphia, O., and both were killed.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-18

DrTSBURGH, CINCINNATI & ST.
Il LOUIS RAILROAD Pan Handle h0aGte.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-18
Winter Exposure Causes Z 1oughs.

Colds, pleurisy. rheuma atism. pneumonia, neu>
ralgia, scietica, lumbago bankacne and other
ailments, for which Benson q Capcine lastera
are admitted TO be the best remedy kn0wn.
They relieve and cure in q few hours when no
other application II of the least benefit. En-
dorsed by 5000 physicians and druggists. Be-
ware OF limitations under similar sounding
names, suoh as "Capsicum," I" "Capucin Gaps
sicine." Ask for Benson's and take no Others.
Examine carefully when you buy. All drug
gists, SEABURY q JOHNSON, Proprtstors,
New York.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-18

OSCAR TOWNSEND, WI. b CIRCUIT,
Genr Manager. Gen'l Ft Pass. Agt.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-05-07
PERSONAL.

EUGENE j. MILLER. formerly of Colum.
bia, IL now editing the Kane Leader.
MAYOR HEWITT, OF New York, sees NO
harm In beer aud wine aales on sunday,
Ex'PREsIDENT ARTHUR's friends in New
memory. " "A'
PRoFEssoR W. q. SUMNER de6nsx rro.
lection - "the ism which teaches thot vs.ts
means wealth."
GEN. SHERMAN says there IN 4 great ds.,
more Vigor and energy In the kiss Of 4 New
YORK girl than that OF . st Louis girl.
HENRY W. GRADY was aaid to be An allan.
but over his own signature he writes that he
wss born at Athens, Ga, on May "A, 1851.
PROF. @. A. BOWMAN, principal Of the MI
Joy schools, intends taking the Wsslsysu
University course, curing the coming sum
mer vacation.
SISTER MARIANA FLYNN, formerly O
st. Louis, was on Friday appointed Mother
Superior Of the Order Of the Sisters o
Charity In the Uaited States. She succeedi
the late Mother Euphemia, and will also al
the lstter's poaitiOn OF Superioress OF g.
Aary's academy at Emmittsburg, Maryland
BENJAMIN DIsRAELI when Q young mar
bet pair OF gloves with friend On thl
question whether wreath OF pEimr0ses worn
By young lady were natural or artificial.
They proved 70 b natural and ho mot only
Won the be& but the young lsdy eaye him
~ Of ~ AoweEA whtoh ~ pgo6ogto6 eoge'
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-05-07
All for Cleveland,

Il u said that the Republicans are be.
ooming alarmed over the evidences Of
Clsseland's popularity that are everywhere
eEopping out at the present time. Follow.
~ upon the heels Of the Kentucky in.
1ouBoment comes the news of heavy Demo.
1870 gains In Indiana Republican strong.
no11a Ex-senator Mel Donald, of that state,
&omes out In the most unqualified fashion
- ClevelandI denomination and predicts
- eegtain election. The Pittsburg Post
1pogts any Of the seventy-one Democratic
1,glalatou ct Harrisburg for Cleveland and
lDelasss that the PennsylvAnis delegation
- the nsxt national Democratic conven.
- win unquestionsbly be for Cleveland,
- finally, tho civil service reformers,
rough George William Curtis, declare
lAolr entire confidence In the honesty and
}ntagTity Of the Cleveland administration.
= b not surprising that this wholesale
1oG1omsnt OF the Democratic chief
~ cause conformation In the Republi-
DonDp. It means that Cleveland will
neleeted In 1888 by one Of the most
- endorsements ever given TO Q
1tiAl candidate.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-05-07

fully 80 souvsair That incident Was ~
beginning oe hss love Of primrossa and now
the Primrose League founded In memory OF
him y one Of the most potent hctors In Eng.
lish politicA
JoHN GLovER, the noted lumberman q
r.: sss sS yc h:. f.: s:s. :. x.s US
vited 10 deliver Fourth Of July oration
and did so with much credit 70 himself
Amer it was over (severAl days aiter) Ger.
tain General Hartman was asked now he
What heard Of II. !" " But, General, didn't
YOU hear oil ~" "Oh, MOI" he replied,
ayou see I Was twelve miles away when 1t
wss delivered.
Rev. DR.. HENRY NJ. ScrppER, who will
presently 60 to japan to re-engage In mis-
sion work, belongs to . remarkable family
Of missionaries His father, John Scudder,
founded the Arcot Mission in India. and
spent most Of his life there, and seven Of his
sons, including Henry NJ. Scudder, were at
one time associated with him In that work.
Three Of them are still in India, and one Of
them IL In Texaa OF John Scudder's grand.
children, four are missionaries In India and
two In Japan, one II . pastor in this city, an.
other In Jersey City, and another yet In San
Francisco
QUEEN KArIoLAS1 and her suite on Fri.
day visited Mount Vernon on the L. 4.
steamer Despatch. She was accompanied by
Senators Evarts and Sherman, several promi.
nent officials and members of the diplo.
matte corps In the evening she dined with
the president Most Of the cabinet
isters and Lieutenant General Sheri-
dan were present, with their wives. 1t is
mentioned that Mrs Cleveland wore hsi
wedding dress, with the exception OF the
orange blossoms Queen kspiolani WAS At
ments and the Princess Royal in blsci
velvet ~
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-05-07

THE Baltimore San, which 10 one OF the
most conservative and representative journals
Of the South, has this to say of Judge
Charles J. Faulkner, the newly elected
senator from West Virginia |" In the prime
OF manhood, with an unusually clear intel.
lect, and with well.developed habits Of in
dustry, Mr.. Faulkner may be expected to
make his mark in the Senate. As lawyer OF
extensive practice, aud since - . circuit
judge, he has given evidence of capacity
which promises the best results In the
enlarged arena to which bis services are to
be transferred. The fact that he received
within one OF the entire Democratic vote In
the West Virginia legislature elbows that the
place has been conferred on him with prsc
ticsl unanimity, and 1t is to the new SENATOR
credit that his record was 20 clear that Demo
Gratis OF all factions could give him theil
votes" MI. Lucas, who 10 Gov. Wilson's
sppointee to the place, will probably retire
gracefully when the time comes for the pro
sentation Of credentials to the Sonata Gov
Wilson will certify the facts to the Senate
and let that body determine whether the
election was legal or not
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-05-07
An Important Measure.

Under the married persons property act,
which is likely to become q law at this ses.
sion of the legislature, marriage will not be
held to impose any disability or incapacity
In . married woman as to the acquisition,
ownership, possession, control, use or dis.
position of property of any kind, real or
personal. Size may make contracts in trade
or business, or for necessaries, or for i'm
proving her separate estate and in general
= to be regarded as feme sole trader.
But married woman shall have no
power to mortgage or convey her real estate
unless her husband join in such mortgage
or conveyance. In suing the wife upon
any contract relating to any trade or busi-
ness in which she may engage, or for neces-
aaries and for the use, enjoyment and i'm
provement of her separate estate her hus.
band need not be joined with her as plain
TIL or defendant or be made q party to any
action, suit or legal proceeding Of any kind
brought by or against her in her individual
right, and any debt, damages or costs re-
covered by her in any such action, suit on
proceeding shall be her separate property,
and any debt, damages or costs recovered
against her in any such action, suitor other
proceedings shall be payable out Of her sep.
ante property and not otherwise. But
nothing shall enable married woman to
become accommodation, eidorser, guaran-
Tor or surety for another.
Under section of the act, married
woman may make, execute and deliver
Lenses Of her property real and personal,
and assignments, transfer and sales of her
separate personal property, and notes, bills,
drafts, bonds or obligations of any kind,
and appoint attorneys to act for her, and it
shall not be necessary for her husband to
b made party thereto or join therein.
One OF the most important provisions Of
the new legislation is that will executed
by . woman before marriage shall not be
assned to be revoked by her subsequent
<Ihazriage.